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Public Safety Blotter: Oct. 9
Friday, Oct. 5 • At 3:28 a.m., an officer was on foot patrol on Marine Way. • At 5:13 a.m. and 5:18 a.m., an officer was on foot patrol on Mill Bay Road. • At 9:12 a.m., a caller reported a speeding vehicle on Rezanof Drive. It was gone when police arrived. • At 9:20 a.m., a vehicle received a ci...
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Threshold makes recycling easy
To the Editor: Like most of us, my best friend had succumb to the old adages, "but it is on sale" or "we might use it later." The result, amass of material wealth, cardboard boxes and bubble wrap. So, when my friend and her husband had to depart from Kodiak...there began the journey of "material ...
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In nationwide meningitis outbreak, experts say Alaska danger nil
An outbreak of fungal meningitis that has afflicted more than 100 people across the country is not a threat to Alaska, health experts say. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have linked the outbreak to contaminated steroid injections produced by the New England Compounding Center and ...
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Demand rising at shelter, food bank
The Kodiak Baptist Mission Food Bank and the Brother Francis Shelter are reporting a rise in the number of year-round Kodiak residents seeking aid. In past years, summer users of the Kodiak Baptist Mission Food Bank have largely been seasonal workers, but this summer the food bank saw more Kodiak...
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Kodiak Island births: Oct. 9
• Kaia Emme Hiner was born at 9:13 a.m. Sept. 29, 2012, to Mariah and Ashley Hiner. She weighed 7 pounds, 7.6 ounces, and measured 21 inches long. Kaia’s parents are originally from Kodiak. Her father works at Scott’s Heating and Plumbing and her mother works at home. Also welcoming her to the fa...
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Outdoor Kodiak: Stretch the deer season by expanding your toolbox
This is turning out to be a tough deer season on the road system for lots of hunters. Last winter’s harsh conditions appear to have cropped the population considerably. Dedicated hunters can still find bucks, but they have to invest a lot of time and walk a Stretch the deer season by expanding yo...
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Ouzinkie Native Corporation shifts away from 8(a) contracting
Ouzinkie Native Corporation is joining the statewide Native corporation trend away from federal contracting. "In light of defense spending, there's a concern, probably a very justified concern that defense spending is going to become less," said company CEO Greg Strong on Monday. Strong spoke wit...
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Kodiak alumni update: Anthony fifth in Wash. meet
After more than a month of not competing, Dylan Anthony posted a top-5 finish at the 39th Western Washington Classic Invitational on Saturday. The University of Alaska Anchorage sophomore covered the 10-kilometer Bellingham, Wash., course in 31 minutes, 33 seconds to place fifth overall in the m...
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